Comb



Feb. 19, 1946.

G. H. KEMMER Filed Jan. 31, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor GEORGE HAROLDKEMMER a d Attorneys Feb. 19, 1946. G. H. KEMMER COMB 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Filed Jan. 31, 194.5

Inventor GEORGE HAROLD KEMMER Patented Feb. 19, 1946 UNIT ED STAT 1-: sentrain-r; i'OF-FI CE:

COMB George Harold Kemmcr, Arlington, Va. Application January 31, 1945,Serial No. 575,382

6 Claims.

The invention illustrated and hereinafter described has reference to animprovement in combs and its purpose is to provide a comb through use ofwhich straight hair may be curled or waved and curled or kinky hairstraightened.

Another object of the invention is to provide a comb so constructed thatin its use the hair strands will be drawn angularly againstsubstantially knife edges of the teeth of the comb whereby, if straightthe hair will be curled or waved depending upon the speed or angularmanner in which it is drawn through the hair, or if the ,hair is curledthe action of the teeth upon the hair will be to straighten the curlystrands.

A further object of this invention is to provide a comb in which theteeth are angularly dis-' posed relative to the back of the comb andtwisted in such a manner as to draw the hair strands tightly againstknife edges provided on the outer sides of the teeth.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thfollowing deout its body portion [8, except adjacent to their free ends19, and except the parting tooth IT. The opposing vertical edges 20 and2|, of all of the teeth are beveled to form knife edges 22 and 23,against which strands of hair 25, will be forced through the action ofthe curvatures of said body portions ofadjoining teeth.

In Figures 6 to 11 a variation of the invention is illustrated in whichthe comb 26, has its teeth 21, inclined relative to the back 28, wherebythe body portion of the teeth overlie one another in spaced relationexcept at their lower ends 30,

I where they are in straight spaced alignment, as

scription and the accompanying illustrative drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a comb formed in accordance with myinvention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-4 v of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a broken away portion of the comb illustrating the curvatureof the teeth,

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2, indicating the course of strandsof hair passing between the teeth of the comb,

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing a modification of thecomb,

Figur '7 is a, section on line 1-1 thereof,

Figure 8 is a section on line 88 of Figure 6,

Figurefi is a broken off perspective view of a single tooth of Figure 6,

Figure 10 is a similar view of a pair of adjoining teeth showing thecourse of hair strands passing there-between,

' Figure 11 is a view similar to Figure 8, illustrating a modification,and

Figure 12 is a sectional view of the lower end of a tooth, showinganother modification.

In the accompanying drawings as above enumerated and in the followingspecification, like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout and in which I-5, indicates a comb formed in accordance withmy invention. Projecting from the back 15, of the comb are a series ofteeth 11, each of which is twisted throughclearly illustrated in Figure8 of the drawings.

The modification of Figure 11, is to illustrate a curved comb, of theornamental type, the figure being a view similar to Figure 8, that is asection along the lower edge of the comb, The curving of the teeth in acomb of this character is of especial value in that such an arrangementlocks the comb to the hair, especially in that one half of the teeth arecurved in one direction and the other, half in an opposite direction.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description isregarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts suchas come within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to,in actual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention that which I claim as new and desireto procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A comb comprising a series of teeth joined to aback, said teeth beingtwisted transversely. throughout the greater part of their body, andterminating straight across at their lower ends, the edges of said bodyportions being beveled, a parting tooth centrally separating certaingroups of said teeth, said tooth being rectangular throughout itslength,and said groups being inclined in opposing directions.

2. A comb comprising a series of teeth joined to a back, said teethbeing twisted transversely, throughout the greater part of their body,and terminating straight across at their lower ends, the edges of saidbody portions being beveled, a parting tooth centrally separatingcertain groups of said teeth, and said tooth being rectangularthroughout its length.

3. A comb comprising a series of teeth joined to a back, said teethbeing twisted transversely, throughout the greater part of theirbody,and terminating straight across at their lower ends, the edges of saidbody portions being beveled, and a parting tooth centrally separatingcertain groups of said teeth.

4. A comb comprising a series of teeth joined to a back, said teethbeing twisted transversely, throughout the greater part of their body,and

terminating straight-across attheir lower ends, 10

and the edges of said body portions being beveled.

